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Flint Hill (Photo: Sue Spencer/Flint Hill Athletics) Flint Hill starts their season early with a key game against Woodberry Forest by Jim McGrath, recruitNoVA Private School Preview (VISAA-1 teams, with exception of Episcopal and Woodberry Forest) Teams are ranked, based on last year’s record in the VISAA-I final standings (Week 11 – November 5, 2017,…

Bayside (File Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Bayside looks to deal Cox a loss in the opener for the second season in a row by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Last year’s season opener was a game that Coach Bill Stachelski and the Cox Falcons would rather forget. Bayside’s offense exploded a year ago, topping Cox 63-24. “They gave…

Heritage QB Darius Price (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Both Warhill and Heritage need this early win for a good start to the season by Nick Bailey, recruit757 Warhill (0-0) vs. Heritage (0-0) Friday, 7:00 p.m. at Todd Stadium (Newport News) Players and coaches alike are finally preparing for a meaningful game this week. This is a…

L.C. Bird head coach Troy Taylor (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit804) Troy Taylor’s L.C. Bird team passes their first test by Andy Hilton, recruit804 For an opening night, it wasn’t perfect, but then again few are. Two coaches taking over storied football programs faced their first game on opposite sides of the field. Meadowbrook head coach Chamont…

Dinwiddie QB K’ymon “Peety” Pope fights for yardage (Photo: Nathaniel Jones/recruit804) Thursday’s score nearly matched the 2017 opener between Dinwiddie and Denbigh by Brandon Mitchell, recruit804 The Generals opened up week one play last season with a huge win over the Patriots to start the season. Dinwiddie always serves as a great measuring stick for…

Hampton Crabber RB Elijah Highsmith looks for a running lane (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Danny Mitchell is running the show for Hampton, and he’s still tweaking the game plan by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Mike Smith’s appeal with the Virginia Retirement System is still up in the air. If Coach Smith doesn’t win his appeal, he won’t…

Oscar Smith RB Joe Bray (Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) Here’s our first recruit757/Friday Night Flights Preseason Top Ten of 2018 by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We’re ready for the kickoff of the high school football season. Not everyone plays in week one, but we’ll see enough activity to draw some conclusions heading into next week. Based on…

Oscar Smith (File Photo: Andy Hilton/recruit757) The Fab 30 in each region is being unveiled one day at a time by Andy Hilton, UltimateRecruit At Ultimate Recruit, we track high school football athletes as soon as we’re aware of them and their potential to play college football. That means we’re tracking rising freshman up to…